Chapter 231: The Old Lady of the Zhen Family in the Red Chamber (8)
Qiao Mu got the prescription, gave some money to send the doctors away, and then sat down and waited.
Wait for the maid to buy the porridge and feed it.
Wait for Butler Yu to come back to report the news.
Wait for the medicines fed to Qin Qingyao to have effect.
I was still waiting for Cui Niang to bring the carriage over.
This wait took half an hour.
When the maid had brought the porridge back and was about to feed it, Qin Qingyao then digested some of the effects of the medicine and barely woke up.
As soon as I woke up, I felt a little energetic.
I immediately struggled and started crying:
"Mom...Mom...
Mei'er died, she was killed!
She is trying to save me..."
The voice was hoarse and sad, full of despair.
Seeing this, Qiao Mu quickly walked forward, straightened her body first, and then comforted her quietly:
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, say it slowly.
You are still in poor health. Drink some porridge first to moisten your throat. Take your time. Now that things have come to this point, it is useless to be anxious. If you have any grudges, you will definitely help you avenge them."
But at this time, Qin Qingyao just shook her head and cried loudly, saying something in her mouth that Qiao Mu didn't understand. In short, she felt a little broken in her mind and was greatly stimulated.
Seeing that he couldn't persuade her, Qiao Mu could only prick her sleeping hole hard so that she could temporarily unconscious, so as not to suffer any damage to her mind.
After that, he immediately stood up and ordered:
"Zhang Bin, where is Zhang Bin.
You quickly take everyone to search for the various parts of the mansion, especially some hidden corners.
I suspect there may be a corpse in this mansion.
By the way, I will send someone to the Jiangnan Prefecture Office to report to the officials and ask them to send someone over."
Previously, the reason why Qiao Mu was not in a hurry to report to the official was that he thought that as long as Qin Qingyao woke up.
Things should be revealed soon.
But unexpectedly, when she woke up, she actually involved another life, involving a lawsuit for life. It would be impossible not to report it to the official.
Even if the slave who signed the death contract died.
Then you have to go to the government to report the reasons.
Therefore, the government cannot get over it. In order to avoid trouble in the future, it is better to report it to the official directly.
As for why I guess the body is still here.
Haha, after the murderer killed someone, he found a way to transport the body out of Jiangnan Prefecture City. Compared to finding a place to throw it away, the former is much more difficult.
It's not murder, it requires destruction of corpses.
Everyone ran away, how could they care about so many people?
Sure enough, led by Zhang Bin, the escort of the Fengsheng Lady's Mansion, more than a dozen guards acted separately in the mansion and soon found the body in the mansion.
And there are more than one.
There is one in the dry well in the East Garden, one in the Fulu jar in the West Garden, and one in the boudoir in the South Garden.
They are two big girls.
And a nanny.
The guards also knew how to protect the scene, so they did not turn it around. However, according to the smell, the death time should not be long, absolutely no more than three days, because although the weather is not very hot now, it is not particularly cold. If the death time is too long, the mansion should have smelled a long time ago.
It won't be like this now.
Only when you get close can you smell the stench of a corpse.
After hearing Zhang Bin's report, Qiao Mu sighed: "I think he is also a loyal servant.
Otherwise, you will not be killed by others.
You send someone to the coffin shop and help order three coffins. When the government inspects the corpse and restrains them, don’t be too bad in the coffin. Make it a moderate person and don’t treat them badly.
Let the coffin shop go to our house to collect the silver.”
"Old lady, will it be unlucky?"
What Zhang Bin said was obviously asking the coffin shop to get the money from the Madam Fengsheng's Mansion.
"It's okay, don't be afraid of this.
Cui Niang, you are back. When you come back, you will bring a few people and move Qingyao to my carriage. You will send her back to the house first. Remember to feed her a little soup and send familiar advice to her.
I want to see what happened in this mansion here, both dead and defecting."
Qiao Mu first said no taboo, and then saw Cui Niang walking in. Without waiting for Cui Niang to say that the carriage was coming, she directly ordered.
Afterwards, a few people moved a small wooden bed in, and a few maids worked together to move Qiaomu's eldest daughter-in-law to the small bed, and then carried the small bed out of the house and headed to the carriage.
Immediately afterwards, Qiao Mu sat there and waited for a while, and then waited for Butler Yu and the yamen runners and officials sent by Jiangnan Prefecture.
The so-called prosecutor is to manage the case.
Because he is the Promoter of Jiangnan Prefecture, he is also a sixth-rank position, which is bigger than the county magistrate.
As soon as Officer Wang came in, he saluted Qiao Mu first and then began to ask about it.
Of course, Qiao Mu didn't need to say the specific situation personally. Zhang Bin next to him had a smooth thought and told everything they found.
"Old lady, is your eldest daughter-in-law the only one living alone in your eldest daughter-in-law's mansion? The children are not around, and she is the only one master in the whole mansion."
Official Wang asked thoughtfully.
"That's right, do you have any ideas?"
Qiao Mu knew very well that the other party would not ask this question for no reason. Obviously, the reason for this incident is likely to be related to the fact that there is only one owner in the mansion or a woman.
"Old lady, a similar case occurred in Suzhou Prefecture half a month ago, and a similar case occurred in Yangzhou Prefecture a month ago.
They are all widowed mothers living alone and have a lot of property.
We currently have two inferences: one is that the servants or the housekeepers in the mansion are greedy, and they have persuaded some of them to do this, and the other is that there are strong people who join forces with the servants in the mansion to commit the crime together.
But generally speaking, strong men join forces with their servants in the mansion to commit crimes and kill the master's family first, and then threaten the servants in the mansion. Although your eldest wife is seriously ill, she is not killed, so the first possibility is even greater. As for the two dead maids and a nanny, they may be killed because of their firm opposition.
When I go back and check the household registration of Zhen’s mansion and the red and white deeds under the name of Zhen’s mansion, I will probably confirm some murderers. We will issue a wanted order and we will solve the case as soon as possible."
Mr. Wang actually had a headache at this time.
He never thought that this could happen to the Zhen family. Do those servants don’t know how much energy the Zhen family has? Poor that those officials have to run errands to investigate the case.
There is basically no benefit. If you can't find out, you may even be demoted by the Zhen family.
However, of course he did not dare to say these words openly. He could only analyze the case while repeatedly ensuring that he would seize the time to solve the case.
Qiao Mu couldn't help but frown:
"Are the two cases in Suzhou Prefecture and Yangzhou Prefecture not solved, and they were even suppressed?"
“How did you know?
Have you been paying attention to these two cases long ago?"
The Proxy Wang was quite surprised. In addition to the parties involved and the Proxy who were involved in this case, why did Mrs. Feng Sheng pay attention to it and understand it so clearly?
Chapter completed!